24V874000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A detached sunroof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2003 MERCEDES BENZ E500
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 143 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints143
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
22V954000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A detached sunroof panel may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V918000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A detached glass panel can separate from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 29SERVICE BRAKES
- 27FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 14FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 13SUSPENSION
- 7SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 6SUSPENSION:FRONT
- 6AIR BAGS
- 5POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 MERCEDES BENZ E500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.